The role of the sense of justice in Rawls’ theory

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https://doi.org/10.7213/1980-5934.32.056.AO04

Palabras clave:

Social justice, Social stability, Moral Psychology, Sense of justice

Resumen

In this paper, I discuss the relevance of the sense of justice for Rawls’s theory of justice. In the first part, I analyse the interpretation that Rawls offered of moral psychology for evaluating its role in the generation of the sense of justice and the acceptance of the principles of Justice. In the second part, I discuss the difficulties of accepting Rawls's proposal. Finally, I conclude that the research on moral psychology developed by Rawls allows him to recognise a way of supporting his principles of justice that is different from the traditional forms of deductive justification.

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Pablo Aguayo Westwood, Universidad de Chile

Associate Professor of Moral Philosophy and Theory of Justice

Faculty of Law, University of Chile

 

Academic Visitor. Faculty of Philosophy, Oxford University. Research Project: “Distributive justice and self-respect”. July-October 2019.

Academic Visitor. The Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Oxford University. Research Project: “Self-respect and Social Justice”. August-October 2018.

Visiting Professor. Morrel Centre for Toleration, University of York. Research Project: “Distribution or recognition?” A false dilemma in social justice. January-February 2016.

Visiting Scholar: The Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Oxford University. Research Project: “The Sense of Justice and the role of Intuition in Rawls's A Theory of Justice”. Trinity Term 2013.

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2020-07-17

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Aguayo Westwood, P. (2020). The role of the sense of justice in Rawls’ theory. Revista De Filosofía Aurora, 32(56). https://doi.org/10.7213/1980-5934.32.056.AO04